Rock Me Tonight

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Track listing

  1. "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 4:43
  2. "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 5:19
  3. "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 4:40
  4. "You Are My Lady" (Barry Eastmond) – 4:44
  5. "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" (Paul Laurence) – 7:12
  6. "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) – 5:02
  7. "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 5:30
  8. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:28

Personnel

  • Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, Roland TR-808 drum programming
  • Eric Rehl – synthesizers
  • Paul Laurence – Yamaha DX7 (4, 5), Oberheim DMX drum programming (4, 5), keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), backing vocals (5)
  • Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8)
  • Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitars
  • Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitars
  • Clarence Brice – guitars
  • Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitars
  • Thomas J. Flammia – guitars
  • Wayne Brathwaite – bass
  • Timmy Allen – bass (5)
  • Bernard Davis – drums
  • Richard Rodriguez – drums
  • Joel Rosenblatt – drums
  • Terry Silverlight – drums
  • Buddy Williams – drums
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Steve Kroon – percussion
  • V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone
  • Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (5)
  • Janice Dempsey – backing vocals
  • Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals
  • Danny Madden – backing vocals
  • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
  • Melba Moore – backing vocals
  • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
  • Lillo Thomas – backing vocals
  • Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
  • Reggie King – backing vocals (5)

Production

  • Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson
  • Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8).
  • Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8).
  • Second Engineer – Joe Marno (Track 5)
  • Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8).
  • Track 5 mixed by Steve Goldman at Right Track Recording (New York, NY).
  • Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios.
  • Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
  • Production Coordination – Zack Vaz
  • Art Direction – Roy Kohara
  • Design – Roland Young
  • Photography – Chris Callis
  • Administrator – Anne Thomas
  • Management – Hush Productions

Charts

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Singles

Year Single Chart positions[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
1985 "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" 18 1
"You Are My Lady" 12 1
"He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" 25 8
1986 "Love Is Just A Touch Away" - 9

See also

References

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